The person who held the renewal date has left, the licence copy is in an email thread, and nobody knows whether last year's return was filed. This desk exists so that none of those three sentences is ever true about your business.
Requirements vary by entity type, location, industry, workforce size, contractor use, and applicable law. Every engagement begins with a compliance applicability assessment.
A calendar, a named owner per line, and an archive that can produce the acknowledgement when it is asked for.
Reviewed by: Shobhit Kesarwani, independent EPFO and employer-compliance practitioner ·
Last reviewed: September 2026
Sources: EPFO,
ESIC,
MCA,
Shram Suvidha,
and the relevant state labour department. Thresholds, rates and due dates change by notification — confirm against the official source at the date you act.